Bidens amplectens

Sherff (1920)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-Asterids Order: Asterales Family: Asteraceae Genus: Bidens

ko‘oko‘olau [kookoolau], ko‘olau [koolau]

Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form: Herb.

Stems:

Roots:

Leaves: Leaves pinnately compound. Opposite. Blades lanceolate or ovate Base cuneate (wedge-shaped). Margins serrate/dentate.

Flowers:

Fruit: Fruit a simple; dry; achene (cypsela); gray; linear; with a pappus.

Ploidy:

Habitat:

Elevation Range:

Historical Distribution

Uses and Culture

USES

Natural History

Statewide Status

Endemic

Island Status

O'ahu Endemic

Dispersal Agents


Pollinators

Bibliography

Name Published In: Bot. Gaz. 70: 99 (1920)

Other References

Wagner et al. 1990:271 (O)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Description Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Bidens amplectens Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details On dry ledges & cliffs overlooking the sea Preserved_Specimen Degener, O. 7469 Oahu BISH 1931-03-22
2 Bidens amplectens Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Arid Lantana region in ravine Preserved_Specimen Degener, O. 2099 Oahu BISH 1925-12-01
3 Bidens amplectens Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Grassy ridge Preserved_Specimen Degener, O. 19584 Oahu BISH 1949-05-02
4 Bidens amplectens Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Growing on steep, rocky cliff Preserved_Specimen Rays yellow Wagner, W.L. 5326 Oahu BISH 1984-03-02
5 Bidens amplectens Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Among bushes, grass & rocks in dry region Preserved_Specimen Degener, O. 4099 Oahu BISH 1931-11-28
6 Bidens amplectens Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details On spring-fed cliffs in arid region Preserved_Specimen Degener, O. 3532 Oahu BISH 1929-01-27
7 Bidens amplectens Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Conspicuous along roadsides & around buildings Preserved_Specimen Subshrub Takeuchi, W.N. 3459 Oahu BISH 1987-03-14
8 Bidens amplectens Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details On rocky ledges with Sida meyeniana & Chenopodium oahuense Preserved_Specimen With flowers Takeuchi, W.N. 3080 Oahu BISH 1986-12-21
9 Bidens amplectens Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Very steep north-facing slope; open grassland/shrub habitat with scattered rock outcroppings Preserved_Specimen Population 1 Durr, P.C. 2019001 Oahu BISH 2019-01-07
10 Bidens amplectens Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Dry slope Preserved_Specimen Degener, O. 3531 Oahu BISH 1929-01-27
11 Bidens amplectens Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Common on eroded blowouts, in hot, summer-dry habitat Preserved_Specimen Takeuchi, W.N. 3474 Oahu BISH 1987-03-14
12 Bidens amplectens Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Arid Lantana region in ravine Preserved_Specimen Degener, O. 2099 Oahu BISH 1925-12-01
13 Bidens amplectens Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Growing on narrow ledges associated with Nototrichium, Artemisia, & grasses Preserved_Specimen Small, erect sub-shrub 2.5 to 3 ft tall, with yellow flowers Herbst, D.R. 5839 Oahu BISH 1976-04-25
14 Bidens amplectens Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details At cliff edge, growing among Leucaena, many seedlings on ground Preserved_Specimen Takeuchi, W.N. 85 Oahu BISH 1984-03-02
15 Bidens amplectens Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details On dry ledges & cliffs overlooking the sea Preserved_Specimen Degener, O. 7469 Oahu BISH 1931-03-22
16 Bidens amplectens Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Rocky hillside Preserved_Specimen Bush, W. 3744 Oahu BISH 1934-05-06
17 Bidens amplectens Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Dry slope Preserved_Specimen Degener, O. 3531 Oahu BISH 1929-01-27
18 Bidens amplectens Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Rocky hillside Preserved_Specimen Northwood 3767 Oahu BISH 1935-01-01
19 Bidens amplectens Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details At cliff edge, growing among Leucaena, many seedlings on ground Preserved_Specimen 3' shrub with woody base Takeuchi, W.N. 85 Oahu BISH 1984-03-02
20 Bidens amplectens Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Steep slopes & cliffs with Erythrina, Guinea grass, Chenopodium, Myoporum, Rauvolfia, & Schiedea kealiae Preserved_Specimen Large 4-5ft ht, flowers yellow, Fr (fragrant?) Perlman, S. 5219 Oahu BISH 1987-02-12
21 Bidens amplectens Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Common on eroded blowouts, in hot, summer-dry habitat Preserved_Specimen Takeuchi, W.N. 3471 Oahu BISH 1987-03-14
22 Bidens amplectens Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details On rocky ledges with Leucaena, Canthium, Myoporum, Sida association Preserved_Specimen Shrubby, to 1 m ht. Capitula to 5 cm diameter Nagata, K.M. 1637 Oahu BISH 1978-05-09
23 Bidens amplectens Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Conspicuous along roadsides & around buildings Preserved_Specimen Subshrub Takeuchi, W.N. 3458 Oahu BISH 1987-03-14
24 Bidens amplectens Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Dry, windswept forehill Preserved_Specimen Hume, E.P. 305 Oahu BISH 1932-11-15
25 Bidens amplectens Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Plants with yellow flowers; foliage smelling aromatic when crushed. Kiehn, M. 8122711 Oahu BISH 2008-12-27
26 Bidens amplectens Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Degener, O. 11086 Oahu BISH 1931-04-12
27 Bidens amplectens Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 17010 Oahu BISH 1918-04-01
28 Bidens amplectens Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 17010 Oahu BISH 1918-04-01
29 Bidens amplectens Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 1839 Oahu BISH 1913-02-14
30 Bidens amplectens Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Steep northeast-facing slope; Open grassland/shrub land Preserved_Specimen Population 4 Durr, P.C. 2019006 Oahu BISH 2019-01-08
31 Bidens amplectens Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Nagata, K.M. 1637 Oahu BISH 1978-05-09
32 Bidens amplectens Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Degener, O. 11061 Oahu BISH 1937-03-12
33 Bidens amplectens Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Knope, M. 11 Oahu BISH 2007-11-30
34 Bidens amplectens Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 1839 Oahu BISH 1913-02-14
35 Bidens amplectens Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Topping, D.L. 4121 Oahu BISH 1932-03-24
36 Bidens amplectens Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Selling, O. 3410 Oahu BISH 1938-09-18
37 Bidens amplectens Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Linney, G.K. 247 Oahu BISH 1982-03-25
38 Bidens amplectens Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Nagata, K.M. 1637 Oahu BISH 1978-05-09
39 Bidens amplectens Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Swezey, O.H. Oahu BISH 1936-03-09
40 Bidens amplectens Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Judd, C.S. Oahu BISH 1939-01-28
41 Bidens amplectens Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. Oahu BISH 1918-04-01
42 Bidens amplectens Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Swezey, O.H. Oahu BISH 1936-03-09
43 Bidens amplectens Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Neal, M.C. Oahu BISH 1954-06-22
44 Bidens amplectens Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Montgomery, S.L. Oahu BISH 1971-03-21
45 Bidens amplectens Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Knope, M. Oahu BISH 2007-11-30
46 Bidens amplectens Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Wagner, W.L. 5344 Oahu BISH 1984-04-08
47 Bidens amplectens Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Takeuchi, W.N. 86 Oahu BISH 1984-03-02
48 Bidens amplectens Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Montgomery, S.L. Oahu BISH 1971-03-21
49 Bidens amplectens Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Talus bank of exposed boulders in herb/ephemeral community of Plectranthus, Ipomoea, Cocculus, & Peperomia Preserved_Specimen Subshrub 4' ht Takeuchi, W.N. 3870 Oahu BISH 1988-05-21
50 Bidens amplectens Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details On spring-fed cliffs in arid region Preserved_Specimen Degener, O. 3532 Oahu BISH 1929-01-27
51 Bidens amplectens Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Base of cliff Preserved_Specimen Thicket shrub 1.6 m tall, freely branching St.John, H. 11138 Oahu BISH 1931-11-15
52 Bidens amplectens Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details aspect 50 deg.; Erythrina sandwicensis, Sapindus oahuensis, Diospyros sandwicensis, Leucaena leucocephala, Sida fallax, Psydrax odorata, Chenopodium oahuense, Ipomoea tuboides, Plumbago zeylanica, Eragrostis grandis, Panicum maximum Preserved_Specimen 1.5 m shrub; many stemmed; stems green Wood, K.R. 5108 Oahu BISH 1966-04-17
53 Bidens amplectens Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Conspicuous along roadsides & around buildings Preserved_Specimen Subshrub Takeuchi, W.N. 3461 Oahu BISH 1987-03-14
54 Bidens amplectens Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Rocky hillside Preserved_Specimen Bush, W. 3683 Oahu BISH 1933-10-12
55 Bidens amplectens Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Mixed community of native & introduced plants. Other native plants were: Schiedea kealiae, Plumbago zeylanica, Sapindus oahuensis, Sicyos pachycarpus, Lipochaeta remyi, Dodonaea viscosa, & Canthium Preserved_Specimen Pyle, L. Oahu BISH 1991-01-30
56 Bidens amplectens Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Mixed community of native & introduced plants. Other native plants were: Schiedea kealiae, Plumbago zeylanica, Sapindus oahuensis, Sicyos pachycarpus, Lipochaeta remyi, Dodonaea viscosa, & Canthium Preserved_Specimen Pyle, L. Oahu BISH 1991-01-30
57 Bidens amplectens Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Common on eroded blowouts, in hot, summer-dry habitat Preserved_Specimen Takeuchi, W.N. 3473 Oahu BISH 1987-03-14
58 Bidens amplectens Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Among bushes, grass, and rocks in dry region. Preserved_Specimen Degener, O. 4099 Oahu BISH 1931-11-28
59 Bidens amplectens Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Rocky hillside Preserved_Specimen Bush, W. 3684 Oahu BISH 1933-10-12
60 Bidens amplectens Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details In open, dry terrain, with Myoporum, Canthium, Sicyos, Sida & other subdominant introduced plants Preserved_Specimen Obata, J.K. 294 Oahu BISH 1976-04-04
61 Bidens amplectens Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Common on eroded blowouts, in hot, summer-dry habitat Preserved_Specimen Takeuchi, W.N. 3472 Oahu BISH 1987-03-14
62 Bidens amplectens Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details conspicuous along roadsides and around buildings, populations at flowering peak Preserved_Specimen common subshrub, encompass the variation in one colonoy of 100 sq. ft. area Takeuchi, W.N. 3460 Oahu BISH 1987-03-14
63 Bidens amplectens Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Grassy ridge Preserved_Specimen Degener, O. 19585 Oahu BISH 1949-05-02
64 Bidens amplectens Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Conspicuous along roadsides & around buildings Preserved_Specimen Takeuchi, W.N. 3457 Oahu BISH 1987-03-14
65 Bidens amplectens Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details On dry, open slope Preserved_Specimen Bush 3 ft high Hosaka, E.Y. 1319 Oahu BISH 1936-02-02
66 Bidens amplectens Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Rocky hillside Preserved_Specimen Bush, W. 3745 Oahu BISH 1934-05-06
67 Bidens amplectens Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Sunny, rocky slopes & ledges Preserved_Specimen Degener, O. 18088 Oahu BISH 1931-04-12
68 Bidens amplectens Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Growing on narrow ledges associated with Nototrichium, Artemisia, grasses Preserved_Specimen Sub-shrub 2.5-3 ft tall, with yellow flowers Herbst, D.R. 5839 Oahu BISH 1976-04-25
69 Bidens amplectens Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Common on grassy exposed slope Preserved_Specimen Degener, O. 20610 Oahu BISH 1950-04-23
70 Bidens amplectens Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details In Sapindus lowland mesic forest w/ Aleurites, Syzygium cumini, Canthium, Leucaena leucocephala, Panicum maximum, Schinus, Plumbago, Bidens, Lipochaeta remyi, Schiedea kealiae. Preserved_Specimen Plants with flower. Perlman, S. 5843 Oahu BISH 1987-05-14